Template:Did you know nominations/Alone in Berlin (film)


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:49, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Alone in Berlin (film)

 * ... that Alone in Berlin is based on a best-selling novel about the true story of a German couple who protested against Adolf Hitler and the Nazis?
 * QPQ: John Cunningham (RAF officer)

Created by Captain Assassin! (talk). Self nominated at 04:21, 29 March 2015 (UTC).

— Llywelyn II   15:28, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Timely creation; long enough... some things to address before continuing the rest of the review, though:
 * I imagine a QPQ is in order (maybe forgot to post it or maybe is on way?);
 * numerous grammar issues: some of the sentences aren't currently sentences (2nd sentence in 1st paragraph in lead; 2nd & 5th sentences in 1st paragraph in §Production); §Distribution is in wrong mood; novels are definitionally fiction and not real stories, so precisely what the movie is based on needs to be clarified;
 * clarification is needed in a few places: in §Plot, what precisely do they urge people to do? in real life and in the novel, what was the effect?
 * I'm very much against the idea that all paragraphs always need fig-leaf sourcing for every DYK, but the plot section of this particular article should have some source.
 * I've copy-edited the whole article. Hope you like it. -- Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 17:34, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Added some more. Anyway:

Timely creation; long enough; no POV, citation, or other policy issues; Earwig doesn't find any copyright problems; QPQ more or less done: you were right to object and should have stuck to your guns and insisted on a citation of the hook. Speaking of which: everything is good to go except for the phrasing of the hook. It's actually based on a (now classic) novel about those real people that became an English best-seller 60 years after its original German publication, but that's a whole different hook and I'm ok with ignoring that part. However, they didn't "start" any protests: they themselves protested but they didn't inspire anyone else to join them. Instead, the other Germans were so horrified they reported almost every single one of the postcards to the Gestapo as soon as they could. Just rephrase it a little and we're golden. — Llywelyn II   02:09, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hook is rephrased. -- Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 05:35, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I like the book link and made a minor adjustment to wording for flow. As above, this is good to go. — Llywelyn II   10:44, 13 April 2015 (UTC)